Carlton Supporters Club

Interesting you say the three butchered the ball, I agree about previous weeks but Acres ran at 96DE% for his 25 touches (of which 24 are listed as effective) which is outstanding. Gov at 75% but only touched it 8 times (2 marks all day)and SOS at 50% for his 12 touches. It was Govs worst game for us this year I reckon. When he is not marking (or rather intercept marking) and pin pointing passes out of defence, like Weitering he is next to useless for us.
I doubt they'll give up on Gov after one poor game, our defence was abysmal for a large part of the first half yesterday. I sat on level 2 behind the goals we were defending in that first qtr and they were all over the place. Losing their man, poor handovers, mis match after mismatch the Coll fwds were licking their chops at how poor we were at maintaining structure down back (which was a strength last year). Poor old Weiters is a shadow of his former self at the minute, I really felt for him yesterday. He just panics about what to do when the ball comes near him, I could see every one of those instances unfolding at the end I was sitting at.

Fair enough re Acres, although I think he’s a list clogger
From what I’ve seen, he makes poor decisions under pressure, his kicking is unreliable (at best) and he is as slow as treacle (running and getting his boot to the ball)
Freo said he wasn’t worth the money we paid - unfortunately they have a no returns or refund policy!

We won't get anywhere until we stop replacing people and start making people better.

Paddy Dow is the key to our changing fortunes.

We won't get anywhere until we stop replacing people and start making people better.
Paddy Dow is the key to our changing fortunes. 

For those that missed it, dow is the key, because he has all the attributes to be a senior footballer, and wants to play for us, refused to leave, and despite us being woeful, he can't unlock the tools to be a senior footballer.

Dow represents everything that's wrong with us.  Top draftee, capable, wanting to, yet somehow the same kid we drafted on draft day.

Thats why we aren't getting anywhere and that's why we won't get anywhere until we unlock how to take a young kid, and make him a senior footballer. 

The more I read here, the more I think we will be a very unhappy group next week. Unless Sydney don’t turn up, it is difficult to see us win. A bad feeling in my stomach is that we haven’t bottomed out yet. This game style and zoning efforts show too many opportunities for clubs to rebound and score once we turn the ball over. We might be up in some statistics but get punished on the rebound far worse than when we pick up the ball on a turn over. Almost like a complete lack of self belief and self confidence. Terrible leadership. At ground level. A real coach killing club we are.